How to Remove a Bad Google Review (and What Actually Works)
You cannot delete reviews from your own Google profile — but you can get policy-breaking ones removed, and there is a right way to do it. A practical guide for restaurant and café owners.
Restaurant Menu Pricing: A Practical Guide to Contribution Margin
How to price a menu using contribution margin — a practical guide for cafés and restaurants, with worked examples in pounds.
How to Leave a Google Review (UK, Step by Step)
A consumer guide to leaving a Google review in the UK — the 2-minute walkthrough for search and Maps, whether you need a Google account, how to edit or delete a review later, and what happens after you post.
Review QR Codes for UK Restaurants & Cafés: The 2026 Guide
The UK-specific guide to review QR codes — why UK diners trust Google above every other platform, what the 2025 fake-review law means for how you collect reviews, and how printed review cards fit British venues.
How to Ask for a Google Review: Word-for-Word Templates That Work
The exact words to use when asking for a Google review — at the counter, at the table, on the receipt, and in messages — plus when to ask, how often to follow up, and the three things that break the rules.
How to Respond to Positive Google Reviews (With Templates)
Yes, good reviews deserve replies too — future customers read them, and reviewers who feel seen come back. Eight word-for-word templates plus the principles and the mistakes to avoid.
Why Buying Google Reviews Will Hurt Your Restaurant
Bought reviews get filtered in batches, drop your rating after the purge, break UK law and Google policy — and do not even convert. Here is the honest arithmetic, and what works instead.
QR Code Review Cards: The Complete Setup Guide for Cafés
Everything a café owner needs to set up Google review cards: how the QR flow works, where to place cards for maximum scans, printing specs that avoid the common failures, and the mistakes that get reviews filtered.
Are Fake Google Reviews Illegal? What UK Restaurants Can Do
Short answer: yes. Writing, commissioning or publishing fake reviews has been a banned practice in the UK since April 2025. Here is what the law says, who enforces it, and the routes a restaurant owner can actually use.
Why Is My Google Review Not Showing Up?
A customer promised a five-star review and it never appeared. Here is why Google quietly filters reviews, what triggers the filter, and what venues can actually do about it.
Fake Google Reviews on Your Restaurant? Here's What To Do (UK Guide 2026)
Fake reviews are now illegal in the UK as well as against Google policy. How to spot a fake review, flag it step by step, appeal a rejection, protect your rating while you wait, and the UK bodies that can help.
Google Review QR Codes: How They Work and How to Set One Up
What a Google review QR code actually is, how to generate your own in ten minutes, where to place it, and what to do after the scan to turn happy customers into reviews.
How to Respond to Negative Restaurant Reviews (With Examples)
A calm, practical playbook for replying to bad Google reviews — what to say, what never to say, and how to turn criticism into credibility.
How to Get More Google Reviews for Your Restaurant (Without Begging)
Practical, policy-compliant ways to turn happy customers into Google reviews — from QR codes to timing to staff scripts.
QR Code Menus: A Complete Guide for Cafes and Restaurants
How QR menus work, what they cost, how to implement them well, and the allergen compliance you cannot ignore.
The UK 14 Allergens: A Practical Compliance Guide for Restaurants
Natasha's Law, the 14 major allergens, and how small restaurants can stay compliant without drowning in paperwork.
How Online Reviews Affect Restaurant Revenue
What the research says about star ratings, review counts, and how much a business's Google profile is really worth.
Google Business Profile: The Complete Setup Guide for Restaurants
Step-by-step: claim your profile, choose the right categories, optimise for local search, and keep it ranking.
Digital Menus for Restaurants: The Real Cost vs Printed
A clear-eyed comparison of what printed and digital menus really cost over two years — money, time, and flexibility.
Put this to work at your venue
Revly is currently running a pilot with a small group of early venues — QR review systems, digital menus, and websites for independent hospitality businesses, each with personal onboarding. Free for the first 50 cafés during the pilot.